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girn

(gʉrn, girn)

noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb

Chiefly Brit., Dialectal snarl; grimace

Origin: ME girnen, var. of grennen: see grin

See girn in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb girned, girn·ing, girns
Scots

To complain in a whining voice.
To contort one's face; grimace.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English girnen

Origin: , variant of grinnen, grennan; see grin

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girn noun

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